Fragile, perishable things--

"Sunset shot taken from the east side of the Baton Rouge levee, 

at 7:22, 3/20/2008." --Claude E. Nall III



My most important memories of early childhood are of Gramercy and Baton Rouge, places that seem in memory bright with color, drenched in light, alive with beauty. They are, I believe, memories that have fed me and made me the sort of writer I am. By the age of 13, I had lived in many